Firing transformations of a carbonatic clay from the High-Atlas, Morocco

Clay Minerals

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-365

  Kacim, S ^a   Hajjaji, M ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Carbonatic clay; Firing transformation; Morocco; Triassic; XRD

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FIRING (OF MATERIALS); POROSITY; SILICA; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FIRING TRANSFORMATIONS;

CLAY;

CLAY; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; PHASE TRANSITION; WOLLASTONITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO;

EID: 0141886014     PISSN: 00098558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0009855033830102     Document Type: Article

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